Eduard Eyth

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Eduard Eyth

Eduard Eyth (born July 2, 1809 in Heilbronn , † April 28, 1884 in Neu-Ulm ) was a German classical philologist , poet and translator .

Live and act

Eduard Eyth studied theology and philology in Tübingen from 1827 to 1831. In the last year of his studies there, he obtained a doctorate in philosophy.

In 1835 he was employed as a teacher ( senior prefect ) at the Latin school in Kirchheim unter Teck , in 1841 he became a professor at the seminar in Schöntal , where he taught the Greek language, Latin poets and history. In 1865 he became director ( Ephorus ) in Schöntal , and from 1868 he took over the management of the Blaubeuren seminar as Ephorus , where he remained until his retirement in 1877. Then he and his wife moved to Neu-Ulm to the house at Friedrichstrasse 19 (today Hermann-Köhl-Strasse 19), which has a memorial plaque.

Eduard Eyth and Julie Eyth

Eyth was a student of the poet Ludwig Uhland , who gave him suggestions for his poetic endeavors. In 1831 he published his first volume of Poems Hilarolypos in Greek. His second youth work, the transmission of the Odyssey in rhymed five-footed iambia, was published under the title Die Sage von Odysseus nach Homer (3 volumes, 1834 f.) And was dedicated to Uhland. In addition to Uhland, he had a lifelong friendship with the Swabian poets Justinus Kerner and Albert Knapp .

Eduard Eyth was born with Julie Eyth. Capoll (1816–1904) married and father of the writer and engineer Max Eyth as well as the further son Eduard Wilhelm Eyth (1851–1875) and the daughter Julie Conz, b. Eyth (1839-1896).

Eduard Eyth died of the effects of jaundice at the age of almost 75 on April 28, 1884 in Neu-Ulm. He and later his wife were buried in the New Cemetery in Ulm. The graves were closed in 1969, in field 13, about 20 meters from the original location, the grave slab of Eduard Eyth is still preserved.

Places of work

  • Latin school in Kirchheim unter Teck and the house where Max Eyth was born, drawing by Max Eyth, 1906, (→  photo )

  • Schöntal Abbey Church, drawing by Max Eyth, 1856

  • Blaubeuren Monastery, drawing by Max Eyth, 1875

Works

  • Hilarolypos. A collection of smaller Greek poems. Tübingen 1831; 2nd, increased edition: Spittler, Basel 1840.
  • The legend of Odysseus after Homer. 3 volumes. Braun, Karlsruhe 1834/1835.
  • Classics and the Bible in the lower scholarly schools. Speeches to teachers and educated fathers. 3 ribbons. Spittler, Basel 1838-1840 ( digitized volume 1 in the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Digital Library).

literature

  • Rudolf Krauss : Swabian Literature History. Volume 2: The Württemberg literature in the nineteenth century. Freiburg im Breisgau: Mohr, 1899, pages 238–239.
  • Rudolf Krauss :  Eyth, Eduard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 48, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1904, p. 464 f.
  • Karl Kraut: Eduard Eyth, b. July 2, 1809, died April 28, 1884. In: Biographisches Jahrbuch für Alterthumskunde. Vol. 7 (1884). Calvary & Co., Berlin 1885, p. 107 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Frank Raberg : Biographical Lexicon for Ulm and Neu-Ulm 1802-2009 . Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft im Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7995-8040-3 , p. 95 f .
  • Hans Radspieler: Portraits of Neu-Ulm. In: Barbara Treu: City of Neu-Ulm, 1869– 1994: Texts and images on history. On the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the city's elevation. Neu-Ulm: Stadtarchiv, 1994, pages 542–573, here: 546–548.

Web links

Commons : Eduard Eyth  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Eduard Eyth  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerd Theißen : Max Eyth. Agricultural engineering pioneer and poet indeed. Landwirtschaftsverlag, Münster 2006, ISBN 3-7843-3416-4 , p. 8.
  2. ↑ #Harbusch 2006 , pp. 106-107.
personal data
SURNAME Eyth, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist, poet and translator
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Heilbronn
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1884
Place of death New Ulm